@carowe I have multiple friends who intentionally chose male sounding names for their daughters.
Notices by Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social), page 3
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Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2023 18:02:55 UTC Sheril Kirshenbaum -
Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2023 18:01:10 UTC Sheril Kirshenbaum @breadandcircuses When I was a grad student, I thought we were surely headed toward parity. I was surrounded by so many bright, driven, curious & ambitious women!
But then came negotiations, bullying & harassment, bias, motherhood without institutional support, inadequate or unaffordable childcare, lack of credit, male dominated social norms - all before a pandemic. Our numbers have dwindled at every step.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2023 17:58:35 UTC Sheril Kirshenbaum To be clear, it’s not about getting women & girls excited about science. We are! It’s about keeping us there.
Scientific institutions weren’t built by women or for us. Cultural norms & social mores often discourage us from staying. Retention numbers from earning a PhD to becoming a full professor are nearly identical now to when I was early career in the 2000s. /2
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Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 11:50:55 UTC Sheril Kirshenbaum Ada Lovelace demonstrates that women are just as capable at excellence in computing as their male counterparts.
However, men are more likely to “feel they belong than women” (see link). And the share of bachelor’s degrees in computing awarded to women has halved since 1985.
Anecdotally, my female friends in computer science have experienced bullying & harassment, or been ignored & overlooked. /2
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/10/22/why-the-future-isnt-female-in-computing